Afghanistan defeats Pakistan first time in the T20

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Afghanistan defeated Pakistan in a Twenty 20 International (T20I), the Afghan team’s first victory in four T20Is against Pakistan.

he cricket teams have met seven times in total, with Pakistan always coming out on top in three previous T20Is and four one-day international matches.

Pakistan battled on a slow and low pitch at Sharjah Cricket Stadium in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) against the Afghans, who shared all nine wickets despite being missing five rested front-line players, including captain Babar Azam.

Afghanistan recovered from a 45-4 score in the 10th over to conquer by six wickets with more than two overs to spare.

Truly a historic moment in Our Cricket. Congratulations to all on the 1st ever International win against pakistan.
Hope u Remmeber us in your prayers for the next big games as well. Zindabaad Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/5ifn20grEP
— Mohammad Nabi (@MohammadNabi007) March 24, 2023

With a straight six over long off, Mohammad Nabi gave Afghanistan its first success over Pakistan in five attempts over the last decade.Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan said, “It’s a pleasure to win because we’ve always lost by small margins against them”.

Rashid Khan of Afghanistan bats throughout a T20 World Cup match in Australia in 2022. _ 2s — Rashid Khan of Afghanistan bats throughout a T20 World Cup match in Australia in 2022. file 2

It is a proud achievement for Afghanistan to lead the team and wear Afghanistan colors. Afghanistan can win the series in the final two T20s on Sunday and Monday.

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Afghan cricket fans celebrated the historic victory on social media.

With five key players rested for the series – skipper Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman, Shaheen Shah Afridi, and Haris Rauf – Pakistan gave T20I debuts to Saim Ayub, Tayyab Tahir, Ihsanullah, and Zaman Khan.

However, only a few Pakistan batters were capable of accelerating on a two-paced pitch and were mostly dismissed softly. In the absence of stalwart openers Azam and Rizwan, replacements Ayub and Mohammad Haris were unable to judge the reduced bounce and fell within the batting power play while trying extravagant shots.

Azmatullah Omarzai pinned Abdullah Shafique for 0 and Tayyab Tahir, one of four Pakistan debutants, threw a return catch to Rashid Khan. Pakistan was 41-5 in the eighth over when Azam Khan was also out for a duck.

Pakistan was on the verge of matching its lowest T20I total of 74 against Australia in Dubai in 2012, but Imad Wasim top-scored with 18.”Sometimes this can happen because young players are nervous,” Pakistan meantime captain Shadab Khan said.

“As professionals, we cannot make excuses for the conditions; we must learn from this loss.”Mujeeb Ur Rahman took 2-9, while Fazalhaq Farooqi took 2-13.

Ihsanullah, Pakistan’s fast-bowling debutant, took two wickets in his first over with short-pitched deliveries.Afghanistan was shortly four down, but Nabi (38 not out) and Najibullah Zadran (17 not out) brought them home. Ihsanullah finished with a score of 2-17.